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Sep 3, 2021 · Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls and Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School were named after Robert Aske after he left money to found a school. The schools in Elstree in...
As a result of discussion in 2021, Robert Aske's name was dropped from the boys' and girls' Haberdashers' Schools in Elstree, due to his previous links with the slave trade; although it was retained by their governing body.
Sep 10, 2021 · The Haberdashers’ Aske’s chain of schools will remove the surname of their 17th century benefactor Robert Aske from their names, in recognition of his investment in the slave trade.
- Kit Heren
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School, which are both in Elstree, Hertfordshire, have removed the name of the merchant Robert Aske after a review of their legacy. Aske invested £500 in the Royal African Company.
Sep 3, 2021 · Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Hertfordshire have removed the name of 17th century merchant Robert Aske following a review into...
- Eleanor Busby
HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S SCHOOLS. In 1689 Robert Aske left £20,000 and the residue of his estate, about another £10,000, to the Haberdashers' Company to build a hospital or almshouse for twenty poor men of the Company and to maintain, clothe, and educate twenty sons of poor freemen.
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The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School is a large independent day school for boys aged 5-18. The institution owes its name to Robert Aske, a merchant and member of the Haberdashers’ Company, whose will bequeathed an endowment for the maintenance of retired members of his profession and for the education of their children.
